Sony Corporation

Katsunori Ogawa

Kenichi Sakai

Ichiro Masui

An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device; a first storage section storing image data including an image obtained by the imaging device; a display section displaying the image data stored in the first storage section; an image-effect specification section specifying a type of image effect to be produced on the image data displayed in the display section; a scaling operation section capable of specifying expansion and contraction of the image data displayed in the display section and specifying a range of an image edit area on the displayed image data; and an image processing section performing image processing on the image edit area specified by the scaling operation section in accordance with the specification from the image-effect specification section.

Imaging apparatus, image editing method and program

The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus and a power supply controlling method with which input power source is switched efficiently in accordance with a load of a device. A power controller, upon detecting a USB connection, monitors power consumption of a CPUbased on the operation status of the CPU, and controls a switchin accordance with a current supplied from a USB cable. When the current is less than or equal to 500 mA, the switchis switched to a terminal a. Before configuration, when the current is less than or equal to 100 mA, the switchis switched to the terminal a, and then a regulatoris controlled so that the current will not exceed 100 mA. In USB suspend, the switchis switched to a terminal b, and a regulatorstops output to a backup battery. The present invention can be applied to a digital still camera supporting USB.

Electronic apparatus and power supply controlling method

The present invention relates to an electronic device and a control method, in which operating conditions can be changed according to the type of battery. A CPUreads from a memory a corresponding zoom speed set value, a brightness set value, or a strobe charging time set value according to the type of battery, supplied from a battery type determination mechanism, a detected voltage of the battery, supplied from a battery voltage detection section, and a detected ambient temperature of the battery, supplied from a temperature detection section. Based on these set values, the CPUcontrols the zoom speed of the zoom mechanism, controls the brightness of a display screen, and controls the strobe charging time of a strobe mechanism. The present invention can be applied to an imaging device driven by a battery.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Katsunori Ogawa